May 04, 2022
Candida auris environmental contamination is unlikely to be adequately controlled because re-contamination occurs within hours after disinfection.
May 03, 2022
A patient has a higher risk of infection of C difficile in a hospital bed that previously held a patient who also had C difficile.
April 20, 2022
Live attenuated influenza vaccine particles were released into a closed room to measure how many particles would get through the HVAC system.
April 18, 2022
However, a large-scale randomized controlled trial in health care is needed.
April 14, 2022
Patient pressure is a key driver of primary care providers to prescribe antibiotics.
April 13, 2022
Most information on SSI risk factors in the elderly is more than 10 years old.
April 13, 2022
Despite some benefits, challenges continue with implemented mitigation strategies for children and IPs.
April 28, 2021
IPs and other health care professionals needed to improvise. That improvisation led to investigations into how many times an N95 can be reused and still keep SARS- CoV-2 at bay.
April 19, 2021
Meri Pearson, MPH, CIC: “Infection preventionists still need to do those active audits to make sure that they’re actually seeing what’s happening at the bedside.”
April 16, 2021
Christina Yen, MD: “For any infection preventionists who are thinking about or are reviewing the need for VHP sometime in the future, just know that those colleagues that we’ve relied on this time around are going to be there and are going to be your partners in the VHP process.”